"Bucky" <uw_badgers@email.com> wrote
> No wonder the EPA estimates are so far off. If you look at the city/hwy
> schedules, they are very misleading.
> http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/fe_test_schedules.shtml
>
> What do you think of when you see "highway"? I think of cruising down
> the freeway at 65 mph. Well, the EPA thinks that highway means average
> speed of 48 mph and top speed of 60 mph. I can't think of any driving
> situation that matches that.

That's interesting. OTOH, my optimal fuel mileage for my 1991 Civic doesn't
seem to occur at 70 mph, cruise control set on the highway. I think it's
probably somewhere between 45 and 60 MPH.

> What do you think of when you see "city"? I think of stop and go
> between 0-30 mph. The EPA's city test is mostly stop and go, but the
> top speed during the test is 56 mph! How can the top speeds for city
> and hwy test only differ by 4 mph?!!

Sport boys hit 56 mph in the city?